Press Release-Moderate growth of music publishing market in the future

This report studies the Music Publishing market, Music publishing involves music recording, merchandizing, publishing, and distributing musical content.

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This report studies the Music Publishing market, Music publishing involves music recording, merchandizing, publishing, and distributing musical content. To publish the musical content, music publisher requires a copyright of the song along with fee, which is commonly known as royalty. Music publishing involves the acquisition of rights to, and licensing of, musical compositions (as opposed to recordings) from songwriters, composers or other rights holders. Music publishing revenues are derived from five main royalty sources: Mechanical, Performance, Synchronization, Digital and Other. In addition, music publishing includes other responsibilities, such as acquiring songs, administering copyrights, exploiting the artistic material, and protecting copyrights.

Music publishing involves promoting music from sources including independent musicians as well as music publishing houses. Music publishing owns and copyrights compositions from different sources and earns revenue from their sales globally through recordings, public performances, films, and advertisements. According to the report, global revenue for Music publishing market is expected to generate revenue of $ 6943.14 million by end of 2025, growing at a CAGR of 6.08 % between 2017 and 2025.

On the whole the music publishing market is still very much in the growth phase, and is set to be moderate growth over the next years. The North America, Europe and Japan market will lead the way, followed closely by the Asia-Pacific (Ex. Japan), Latin America and Middle East & Africa markets. Over the past year, the North America, Europe and Asia-Pacific regions have shown huge potential for growth.

Competitive landscape and key vendors

The music publishing business is also highly competitive. The top three music publishers collectively accounted for 50% of the market.

Key vendors analyzed in this market research are

Universal Music Group

Sony/ATV Music Publishing

Warner Music Group

BMG Rights Management

Kobalt Music

SONGS Music Publishing

QYResarch observes that Universal Music Group, Sony/ATV Music Publishing, Warner Music Group, and BMG Rights Management are still essentially the largest participants in this market. Of the major players of Music Publishing, Universal Music Group, Sony/ATV Music Publishing and Warner Music Group maintained the top 3 players in this market in 2017. However, after the acquisition of SONGS Music Publishing with around $ 150 Million on December 2017, Kobalt Music will occupy larger global market share. There are many mid-sized and smaller players in the industry that represent the balance of the market, including many individual songwriters who publish their own works.

Figure Global Top 3 Music Publishing Revenue Market Share (%) in 2017

Source: QYR Electronics Research Center, May 2018

Growth Drivers: Music Publishing

1. Diversified digital media outlets may open up new revenue streams for struggling publishers

The Music Publishing industry is in the midst of an important transition. The fall of physical album sales and digital downloads over the past five years has forced publishers to seek new revenue sources and become less dependent on traditional licensing platforms. To meet changing consumer needs, music publishers are continuously cultivating licensing agreements with new revenue streams like mobile outlets, online radio platforms and subscription-based streaming music services. The industry's shift from high-margin physical album sales and digital downloads to online streaming music may result in continued challenges.

2. The industry is taking steps to improve the policing of illegal downloading.

3. With more new songwriters and artists entering the music industry, the demand for music publishers, as well as the services provided by them, is expected to surge palpably. An upsurge in the global entertainment and media industry has been a key driver for the music publishing industry. The following benefits offered by music publishing companies to artistes will also impel growth: Established industry contacts, networking capabilities, advance payments, secured copyrights, publicity collateral and fixed contracts.

4. In addition, with the number of total smartphones in use around the world expected to reach 4.7 billion by 2020 according to forecasts from PricewaterhouseCoopers, we expect that mobile will continue to represent significant opportunity for music-based content. Figures from comScore’s July 2016 MobiLens Plus data release show that the uptake of music among users of such phones is significant: according to the data, more than half of existing smartphone users in the U.S. and 45% of their counterparts in the U.K., listened to music downloaded and stored or streamed on their handsets from services such as Apple Music and iTunes, Pandora, iHeartRadio, Deezer and Spotify, among other sources, during the month. We believe that the demand for music-related products, services and applications that are optimized for smartphones and tablets will continue to grow with the further development of these platforms.

Approximately 37 % of that revenue comes from the public performance of compositions, when music is performed publicly through broadcast on television, radio, cable and satellite, live performance at a concert or other performance venues, but songwriters and publishing companies benefit greatly from a multitude of revenue streams.

Major Product Type

Table Global Music Publishing Comparison by Product

by Product Details

Mechanical Mechanical: sale of recorded music in various physical formats

• Physical recordings such as CDs, Vinyl and DVDs

Performance Performance: performance of the song to the general public

• Broadcast of music on television, radio and cable

• Live performance at a concert or other venue (e.g., arena concerts, nightclubs)

• Broadcast of music at sporting events, restaurants or bars

• Performance of music in staged theatrical productions

Synchronization Synchronization: use of the song in combination with visual images

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